TRANSCRIBED FROM THE COLUMBIA BANNER JUNE 26, 1918 P. 4
Camp Beauregard, La.
Wednesday Morning.
Mrs. E. P. Chaffin,
Brister, Ark.
Dear mother:
I will answer your nice letter which I received a few days ago, and was glad to hear from you all. How are you al this morning? I hope that you are doing better than you were when you wrote me.
I am doing just fine, only I get mighty hot everyday.
Well we got in about 65 or 70 new men yesterday evening. I was glad to see them come in too, for they have been working us pretty hard. Maybe we won’t have to work so hard now. Very nearly all of them are from Ark.
Listen, I have been hearing a little talk of us leaving here sometime in July. Now I don’t know whether we will or not. If you all want to see the camp before we leave, it might be a pretty good idea to come about the first of the month. I guess I can tell you more about it the next time I write you. Maybe father will be up with his work before we have to leave and you all can come if you want to. I had a letter from Jodie yesterday. He said that he was doing fine. I will go, as I have to go on guard.
Your Son,
Millard.
NOTES: Millard I. Chaffin was born on August 14, 1895 at Magnolia, Arkansas and died on July 12, 1979. He is buried in the Magnolia City Cemetery at Magnolia, Arkansas. He was described as being of medium height and build with brown eyes and dark hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
Camp Beauregard, La.
Wednesday Morning.
Mrs. E. P. Chaffin,
Brister, Ark.
Dear mother:
I will answer your nice letter which I received a few days ago, and was glad to hear from you all. How are you al this morning? I hope that you are doing better than you were when you wrote me.
I am doing just fine, only I get mighty hot everyday.
Well we got in about 65 or 70 new men yesterday evening. I was glad to see them come in too, for they have been working us pretty hard. Maybe we won’t have to work so hard now. Very nearly all of them are from Ark.
Listen, I have been hearing a little talk of us leaving here sometime in July. Now I don’t know whether we will or not. If you all want to see the camp before we leave, it might be a pretty good idea to come about the first of the month. I guess I can tell you more about it the next time I write you. Maybe father will be up with his work before we have to leave and you all can come if you want to. I had a letter from Jodie yesterday. He said that he was doing fine. I will go, as I have to go on guard.
Your Son,
Millard.
NOTES: Millard I. Chaffin was born on August 14, 1895 at Magnolia, Arkansas and died on July 12, 1979. He is buried in the Magnolia City Cemetery at Magnolia, Arkansas. He was described as being of medium height and build with brown eyes and dark hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT